'Plan B is Always Necessary in Washington' McHenry Warns
February 20, 2025
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as posted by the channelFormer Republican Representative Patrick McHenry, who chaired the House Financial Services Committee, discusses how House and Senate Republicans can resolve their differences over how to move forward on budget and tax legislation.
President Donald Trump backed a House budget plan calling for a $4.5 trillion tax cut, slapping back Senate Republicans’ efforts to rush through funds to help bolster his immigration crackdown in favor of a larger bill that will likely take months to negotiate.
Trump intervened in the ongoing budget conflict between House and Senate Republicans with a social media post Wednesday just before a key congressional vote.
The Senate plans to vote this week on a budget that would add $150 billion to military spending and increase immigration and border enforcement by $175 billion. Senate Republicans say they prefer to act on those priorities quickly and wait to resolve contentious disputes over tax cuts and the raising the debt ceiling.
Trump instead endorsed a more sweeping House budget plan that raises internecine Republican conflicts over how much to cut federal spending and how large a tax cut should be.
“We need both Chambers to pass the House Budget to ‘kickstart’ the Reconciliation process, and move all of our priorities to the concept of, “ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL,” he said.
Trump’s statement complicates Senate Republicans’ efforts to muster support for a planned budget vote this week.
Senate Republican leader John Thune said the president’s late intervention took him by surprise but he planned to proceed with the scheduled budget vote.
“I did not see that one coming,” Thune said of Trump’s statement.
Trump’s public declaration could help Speaker Mike Johnson gather the votes he needs to pass the budget. Some fiscal conservatives are holding out for deeper spending cuts while some GOP moderates in the House are already expressing reservations about the size of the cuts likely to be directed to Medicaid.
“House Republicans are working to deliver President Trump’s FULL agenda - not just a small part of it,” Johnson said on X in response to Trump’s comments.
Read More: Steve Bannon, US Hospitals Join GOP Rebellion Over Medicaid Cuts
The House is on a one-week break for the President’s Day holiday and Republican leaders are struggling to come up with enough votes for the budget plan because of the party’s narrow majority in the House. The House is planning to hold its budget votes next week, according to a person familiar with the plan.
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